GameShark
Sign in to saveGameShark is a brand of video game cheat devices originally developed for home and handheld consoles. Introduced in the mid-1990s, it became one of the most popular cheat platforms in North America, offering gamers the ability to modify game behavior using codes that alter memory addresses.
Key facts
- Software.name
- GameShark
- Software.logo
- GamesharkLogo.PNG
- Software.author
- InterAct Accessories (United States), Datel (United Kingdom)
- Software.platform
- N64, PSX, Saturn, DC, PS2, GCN, Xbox, GB/GBC, GBA, PSP
- Software.language
- English
- Software.genre
- Cheating device
- Software.website
- GameShark.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cheat cartridge
- Publisher
- Datel
- Developer
- Datel
- Platform
- Nintendo 64
- Distribution format
- ROM cartridge
- Image
- GameShark-Pro-N64.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- GameShark
- start time
- 1996-01-00
- has goal
- cheating
- publication date
- 1996-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and UK development
- U.S. introduction and InterAct Accessories (1996–2003)
- Recoton bankruptcy and Mad Catz acquisition (2003–2012)
- Dormancy and legacy (2012–present)
- Products
- See also
- References
- External links
GameShark is a brand of video game cheat devices originally developed for home and handheld consoles. Introduced in the mid-1990s, it became one of the most popular cheat platforms in North America, offering gamers the ability to modify game behavior using codes that alter memory addresses.
==History== ===Origins and UK development=== The GameShark brand originated in the United Kingdom, developed by Datel, a UK-based company specializing in video game peripherals and software modification tools. Datel had previously created the similar Action Replay device.
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